Quote Originally Posted by Striker44 View Post
Personal opinion masquerading as fact? Check.

Hint: This forum has been a negative echo chamber since the game began.
I think I know what the hint is for!

You know how ARR only existed because 1.0 was complete trash, and we had the forum having tons of negative feedback, the devs listened and we got a good game after?

Well, if it worked back then, it can work again! We just need more negative feedback!

Quote Originally Posted by LilimoLimomo View Post
My heart genuinely goes out to anyone who misses the way SMN used to be, because I know it sucks to lose something you love.

That said, I know a bunch of people (myself included) who now love to play SMN because of the changes. I didn't like the way SMN was before, because managing DoT's and the other stuff it was doing just didn't feel like an FF Summoner to me. Now SMN is regularly summoning a variety of Summons, and I love the way it feels to play.

It is most definitely a very easy class with a very straightforward rotation now, but I don't think that's a bad thing. In the same way that I think it's great that BLM exists for the players who want a more challenging experience, I think it's great for there to be classes that are baby-easy for players that would prefer less of a challenge. I think it's great that players with different preferences and different skill levels can enjoy playing the same content together.

Again, my most sincere condolences to those who loved SMN before the rework. It would have been cool if we could have still had new SMN without taking old SMN away from them. I hope folks have managed to find the engagement they lost in other classes.
The stark comparison in tone is plain here.

Aren't you pleasant, in comparison to the usual dismissive malaise.

You do understand the premise of things. So many things taken away from us, too many to count, and replaced with things are a pale imitation of what we had before, if they are even deigned worthy of being brought forward at all. What a waste!

The coolest part about throwing away babies with the bathwater over and over again, is that as long as you just bring in more babies who don't remember being tossed out a window, the status quo remains the same and we're all yelling in the back alley void.

Our biggest mistake was trusting CBUIII, naive fools all around. Maybe next expansion the old Summoners can get a job they actually want to play! Like the old healers got Sage, or the old tanks got Gunbreaker! Hahahahaha!